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SAN FRANCISCO , United States (AFP) — Stephen Curry was honored with his second-consecutive league MVP award before leading Golden State to a 125-121 victory over Portland as the Warriors advanced to back-to-back conference finals. The night started with Curry’s award for the first unanimous MVP trophy and ended with the superstar capping his 29-point performance with four free throws in the final 18 seconds to give the Warriors a 4-1 series victory over the […]
BEIJING , China (AFP) — The British media is riddled with “barbarians” who would benefit from a lesson in manners from China’s ancient civilization, a state-run newspaper said Thursday after Queen Elizabeth II called some Chinese officials “very rude”. In a rare diplomatic gaffe, the British monarch was caught on camera at a Buckingham Palace garden party making unguarded comments about a state visit last year by President Xi Jinping that drummed up billions in […]
SYDNEY , Australia (AFP) — More than 40 tourists, many of them elderly Chinese, were recovering Thursday after jumping into life rafts when the catamaran they were aboard caught fire in Australia. The Spirit of 1770 got into trouble 10 nautical miles off the coastal town of 1770 following a day-trip to Lady Musgrave Island on the Great Barrier Reef, apparently when a fire started in the engine room. The Island on the Great Barrier Reef,said […]
by Thomas WATKINS WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Johnny Matheny’s handshake is friendly, confident and firm — though not in the bone-crushing manner favored by some of the alpha types here in the Pentagon. What is remarkable is that Matheny’s proffered hand is not actually his. It is part of a robotic prosthesis researchers hope one day could help transform the lives of countless amputees. “In the beginning, you had to think pretty hard about […]
SINGAPORE , Singapore (AFP) — Singapore Telecom (Singtel) on Thursday reported a full-year net profit rise, driven by increased mobile data usage as more customers browse the Internet on handheld devices. Investments in high-speed Internet networks and services are paying off as the easy mobile connections allow people to consume more data while on the go, said Singtel, Southeast Asia’s biggest telecom firm by revenue. “Mobile data was the bright spot,” said Singtel Group chief […]
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Over 80 percent of the world’s city dwellers breathe poor quality air, increasing their risk of lung cancer and other life-threatening diseases, a new World Health Organization (WHO) report warned Thursday. Urban residents in poor countries are by far the worst affected, WHO said, noting that nearly every city (98 percent) in low- and middle-income countries has air which fails to meet the UN body’s standards. That number falls to 56 […]
SINGAPORE (AFP) — Oil prices dipped in Asia on Thursday as investors locked in profits after the previous day’s surge to six-month highs that was fueled by a surprise decline in US stockpiles. The Department of Energy said Wednesday that inventories slid 3.4 million barrels last week, confounding analysts’ expectations for a rise and signalling strong demand in the world’s top oil-consuming nation. The report also said US oil production fell, providing hope to a […]
SEOUL , South Korea (AFP) — The newly-elected chief organiser of the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea vowed Thursday to quell concerns prompted by the sudden departure of his predecessor less than two years before the Games. Lee Hee-Beom, a former commerce minister, took over from Korean Air chairman Cho Yang-Ho who resigned last week to focus on his ailing shipping business. Cho had been in the job since July 2014 and was largely […]
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — DeMar DeRozan tallied 34 points as the Toronto Raptors seized a 3-2 lead in their Eastern Conference series with a 99-91 win over the Miami Heat on Wednesday. Toronto guard Kyle Lowry scored 25 points, including five in the final minute as the Raptors fended off a late Miami surge. The Raptors started quickly and led by as many as 16 points in the first quarter and were ahead by 20 […]
MANILA, May 12 – The government remains optimistic in neutralizing the Abu Sayyaf Group, as well as in freeing its remaining hostages before President Benigno S. Aquino III steps down from office in 52 days, a Palace official has said. During a media briefing in Malacañang on Tuesday, Communication Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. said the administration is determined to achieve this goal but declined to give specific forecast or target dates, given the sensitivity of […]
TAIPEI , Taiwan (AFP) — Buildings shook violently in Taiwan’s capital Taipei Thursday as a 5.6-magnitude quake hit off the island’s northeast coast. The shallow quake struck at a depth of 10 km (six miles), the US Geological Survey said, just east of the coastal city of Yilan, 60 kilometres from Taipei. There were no immediate reports of damage. It comes after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake in February left 117 dead when an apartment complex collapsed […]
